2 Chronicles 19:3

3 Nevertheless, there is some good to be found in you, in that you have removed the sacred poles from the land and set your mind to seek God."

2 Chronicles 19:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless, there are good things found in thee
Principles of grace, righteousness, and holiness, faith, love, zeal, and other graces, true and genuine, from whence sprung many good works done by him:

in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land;
cut down the groves of trees, and destroyed the idols and images in them:

and hast prepared thine heart to seek God;
through the grace of God his heart was disposed to serve and worship the Lord, and to seek his honour and glory.

2 Chronicles 19:3 In-Context

1 Upon the safe arrival of Judah's King Jehoshaphat to his palace in Jerusalem,

2 Jehu son of Hanani the seer came out to meet him and said, "Why did you help the wicked? Why have you loved those who hate the LORD? This is why the LORD is angry with you.

3 Nevertheless, there is some good to be found in you, in that you have removed the sacred poles from the land and set your mind to seek God."

4 Though Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, he regularly went out among the people between Beer-sheba and Ephraim's highlands, and encouraged them to return to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

5 He appointed judges throughout the land in each of the fortified cities of Judah,

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb asherot, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah